the sale of the main line of our public improve ments, my opinion has not changed. Kvery consideration of public policy, of present and tuture interest, requires the separation of the State from the management and control of these works. The expenditures on tliut por tion of the line, between the Junction and Pittsburg, largely exceed the revenues, the ex cess averaging annually not less than $150,000: and causes are in constant operation that will still more increase this deficiency. This con tinual drain upon the treasury to sustain work so unproductive, should at once be checked.— A sale of the main line, for a fair considera tion, and upon terms just and liberal to the purchasers, is the proper remedy. Such sale, on terms amply protective of the rights and in terest" of the )>eople, can, by proper legislation, be effected. In connection with the payment of the public debt, this question becomes deep ly important. The sale would constitute a new era in the financial history of the State, and assure a still more speedy rednctionof the public debt, than that to which reference has been made. 'I he subject is earnestly commend ed to your favorable consideration. The subject of banks and banking capital in its relations to the currency—the general inte rests of trade and commerce and the industrial pursuits of the citizen, deserve your careful at tion. My views, expressed in a former commu nication, remain unchanged. The incorporation of new, or the re-charter of old and solvent banks, when actually necessary and demanded by the wants of legitimate trade in the com munity where located, should be favored ; un der no other circumstances should either be permitted. In the creation of banks, the in terests of the State and people should be con sulted, and a just discrimination as to number, locality, and the demands of trade be exer cised. The rapid increase of population, the impor tance and value of our home and foreign com merce, the constant development of the mate rial wealth of the State, the extent of our manufacturing, mechanical and agricultural in dustry, the fact that the State is flooded by a depreciated currency introduced by private bankers and brokers, might justify, under the restriction and limitations indicated, a judicious increase of banking capital within our Com monwealth. This, whilst it would aid the op erations of trade, and supply the real business wants of the people, would, at the same time, remedy, to soiuc extent, the evils of a depre ciated foreign and illegal currency. By the act approved the fith day of Novem ber lust, 13th section of the act of 1850, regu lating banks, will be, after the Ist day of July next, extended to all incorporated saving fund, trust and insurance companies. That section declares " that it shall not be lawful for any of the said banks to issue or pay out any bank notes other than those issued by itself, * paja blc oil demand in gold or silver ; notes of spe cie paying banks of this State which are taken on deposit or in payment of debts, at par, at the counter of the bank where paid out ; or notes of banks issued under the authority of the act of the 4th of May, 1841, at the option of the person receiving the same." These enactments were intended to protect the community against the evils of a deprecia ted currency, and prevent its introduction from other States. However well intended, they will fail to secure these objects, unless made to embrace private baukers aud others of that class, whose profits are largely dejiendeut upon the introduction into the State of such a cur rency. In many instances the notes of our own banks are collected by private bankers and brokers, and with these, or with the spe cie withdrawn from the banks, issuing tbem, they purchase depreciated and foreign bank paper which is paid out of the State, at less than the usual rate of interest, aud their notes, often of a less denomination than five dollars, and always at a discount, brought into the State and put into circulation in the manner indicated, and this, too, under an agreement with the bank making the loan, that the uotes thus paid out shall be kept iu circulation. The effect of this system of private banking has been to limit the circulation of the par pa per of our own b inks, and substitute in its place a foreign, depreciated, and often a worth less currency. Injustice to the bank, trust and insurance companies, paying a heavy an nual tax to the Commonwealth for their pri vileges, and for the protection of the people against these evils, either the provisions of the 30th section of the act of 1850 should be re pealed, or further extended so as to embrace private individuals and associations, who may monopolize and control, to the detriment of the public, this traffic in depreciated bank pa per, without restraint aud without taxation. The report of the Superintendent of Com mou Schools will exhibit to you the number and condition of the schools—the number of teachers and scholars, and the general opera tions of the system during the past year. To the valuable statistical information of the re {.ort, and the useful suggestions for the im provement of the system, I invite your early and intelligent consideration. From a small and comparatively unimpor tant incident of tlic State Department the care and management of t lie public schools of the Commonwealth, with their seventeen hundred districts, teu thousand directors, twelve thou sand teachers, and over live hundred thousand scholars, have become the most important and laborious branch of that department. The in creased and increasing business of the system has been met by a corresponding increase of zeal, and efficiency in the officers to whom the law has committed its general direction and su per* ision. They should be sustained by wise and generous legislation. The magnitude aud importance of the system, in its political, so cial and moral relations to the present and fu ture f the people, require that this should be done. The guardianship of the mind of the State should occupy a distinct and prominent place among the noble institutions of the Com luonwealth. It should receive the efficient aid and encouragement of the government, and be sustained by a virtuous and intelligent people. If the revenue and treasures of the State—her public improvements—her lands and their ti tles, require and deserve the marked and dis tinctive care of the government, how much mort> should her mental and intellectual trea sures, richer than gold— tiie social and moral improvement of her |eople, inore valuable than canals and railways—the titles of her youth to the boundless fields of knowledge, higher than any of earth or aught growing out of its own ership, claim an honorable position, and receive a care and aid commensurate with their great er value and usefulness. The County Superiutendency, wherever it has been committed to faithful am] efficient i men. has fully vindicated the wisdom and poli cy ot that measure. It is slowly but surely removing the prejudices and gaining the couti-: deuce of the people. Whatever defects time' >.i' experience may dcvclopc, in tlii- or anv other branch of the system, should be prompt ly corrected But until the necessity for change is established, the system, in its unity and in tegrity should be maintained ; and if changed changed only to render more certain the ac complishment of its noble purposes and ob jects. A sufficient number of competent and well trained teachers is the great want of the sys tem. In its structure and organization it is as perfect, if not more so, than any of the systems of our sister States. But the teacher is want ed to give it proper vitality and efficiency—to dcvelope its true force and value—to secure the great object of its creation, the thorough education of the youth of the Commonwealth. How can this want be supplied? llow are teachers to be trained and provided tT> meet this educational demand ? Must we be depen dent upon the training schools of other Sta.esf* Must our system be jeoparded, and its success perilled, by waiting the slow and unaided ef forts of voluntary associations to furnish the much needed teacher ? Voluntary association of common school teachers have accomplished much in their disinterested and noble efforts to remedy this defect. They are worthy the high est commendation—they deserve every encour agement. They can and will do more ; but unaided they cannot accomplish the object de sired. The Legislature must provide the re medy—they can supply the deficiency. It should be done promptly and effectually. No subject of greater interest can occupy your at tention as legislators—no one fippeuis more earnestly to duty and patriotism. In a former communication to the Legisla ture the establishment of a State Normal school, for the education of teachers, was urg ed as indispensably necessary to the perfection of the system. With full confidence in their utility and necessity, I again recommend them. These institutions, with their proper professors, and appliances, supported by the State, would meet the wants and elevate the character of our common schools. Teachers' Institutes, as auxiliary to Normal I Schools, when in operation, and supplying their place till established, should be aided by the : State. One such institute in each county,"meet ing annually, under the fostering care of the government, would be productive of most bene ficial results. Whilst it would improve teach ers and prepare them for their important and responsible duties, it would elevate and dignify a profession too long neglected and undervalu ed by those most deeply interested in their ■ honorable labors. These measures, as also an addition to the annual State appropriation for : common schools, in an amount only limited by the necessities of the Treasury, would give en | orgy to the system, increase its efficiency, and ! thus promote the true interests of the "people and the Commonwealth. i Our educational, charitable and reformatory institutions have strong claims upon the boun ty of the people, and I cordially commend them i to your care and liberality. The State Lunatic Asylum at Ilarrisburg, and the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, and other kindred purposes at Pittsburg, are noble charities, and deserve the aid aud encouragement of the State. The an nual reports of these institutions will be laid before you, and will exhibit iu detail their ope rations during the past year. The House of Ilefuge iu Philadelphia, and the Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg, are institutions of great excellence, aud their results clearly establish the wisdom of the poli cy that founded and sustains them. They ought not to be neglected ; nor should the aid the Commonwealth be withheld from them. ! The " Blind" and the " Deaf and Dumb Asy lums" at Philadelphia, and " The Pennsylva nia Training School for Idiotic and Feeble ; Minded Children," are institutions that appeal, l in silence and sorrow, to the best and put est i feelings of the heart, aud ask your sympathy and aid. They should receive a generous share of the benefactions of the State. Agriculture, in its varied departments,is the ■ great interest of the commonwealth. It is the basis alike of financial and commercial success, ! and of State and national prosperity. An iu -1 terest so important should be fostered by the ' State, and honored by all classes of society. ! To its promotion and success all should cheer fully contribute. In a former communication I recommended the establishment of an Agri ; cultural bureau, in connection with some one of the State Departments, to give efficiency to the collection and diffusion of useful knowledge i on this subject, and to encourage scientific and practical agriculture. Science, with wouderous | energy, has aided the busbaudmau in his lion | orable vocation, and proffers still more help. : The State should nerve his arm and cheer him onward in this, the first aud noblest pursuit of man. This subject, in connection with an ap propriation to the " Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania"—an institution destined to be : an honor to the Commonwealth—is recommeud | cd to your favorable consideration. The " Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania," established by the enterprise and liberality of j some of the patriotic citizens of Philadelphia, as a school of the applied sciences, deserves honorable mention, ar.d should receive thecon -1 lideuce and patronuge of the public. In the teachings of this institution, literature, science, and art, in happy union, meet to prepare our young men for the practical business of life,for mining, mechanical aud civil engineering, and for promoting intelligently and efficiently the great interests of manufacturing and agricultu j ral industry. The laws on the statute book regulating manufacturing and improvement companies,re quire revision. They are unnecessarily strin gent in many of their provisions, and thus de feat the object of their enactment. They drive capital from the State, instead of inviting its investment here ; and instead of encouraging individual and associated enterprise and ener gy in the development of our immense natural resources, they bind and crush both by severe restrictions, unwise limitations and personal liabilities. The subject deserves careful atten tiou and liberal legislation. I have so often expressed my views in rela tion to local, special and " omnibus" legislation, that their reiteration uow becomes unnecessa ry. Legislation, so far as practicable, should be general and uniform. Local and special le gislatiou, when the objects desired can be se cured by general laws, or by the action of the courts, should be avoided. " Omnibus legisla tion" cannot, under anv circumstauces, be jus tified or approved. Too much legislation is an evil that prevails extensively in legislative halls. Its avoidance would not be injurious to public or private interests. The practice of delaying the passage of the general appropriation bill until the last days of the session, and incorporating in it provisions incompatible with its general character, and obnoxious, when standing alone, to insurmoun table objections, is highly ceusurablc, and >IIOIIM be discontinued. The attempt thu- made to force, by a species of legislative legcrdemaiu, the passage of objectionable measures through the Legislature, and compel their sanction by the Executive, has been too often successful. The practice cannot be too strongly condemn ed ; it cannot receive my sanction. The militia law of the State is imperfect, in many of its provisions, and should be revised. The powers and duties of the Commander-in- Chief should l>e more clearly defined ; ns also of the other offices connected with the military organization of the Commonwealth-. This is necessary to preveut a conflict of jurisdiction with other departments of the government and to give greater efficiency to our millitary sys tem. Volunteer companies should be encour aged ; our entire military system should be re modelled and made t® occupy that honorable ]K>siti®u which, from its importance and neces sity, it deserves. Near the close of the last session of the Leg islature, I transmitted to that body an ordi nance passed by the select and common coun cils of the city of Philadelphia, approved by the Mayor on the 7th of April, 1856, and offi cially communicated to me, proposing to con vey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvana a lot of ground in that city, for the purpose of erecting thereon a State arsenal. Want of time alone prevented action on the proposition then submitted. The ground thus offered to the State is valuable, and its location most eligible for the purpose intended. The condi tions of the proposed grant are favorable to the State, aud highly creditable to the munici pal authorities of Philadelphia, evincing a li berality aud public spirit worthy of all com mendation. The necessity of a State arsenal iu that city is so apparent that the subject needs no elaboration in this communication.— After the sale of the State arsenal in Phila delphia, the public arms were deposited in an old building, or out house, unsafe and unfit as a depository for public property. The sum of 830,000 00, realized from that sale, is now in the Treasury ; and by the fifty fifth section of an act passed the 19th day of April, A. I) 1853, eutitled " An Act to provide for the or dinary expenses of the government," Ac., the Governor was authorized to apply the same to the purchase of a lot of ground and to the erection of an arsenal thereon. This sum was found insufficient for these purposes, and con sequently the object intended by the appro priation has not been accomplished. By the the cession of this lot, the State will be reliev ed from the expenditure of any money for the purchase of suitable grounds ; and the entire sum of $30,000 00 may be applied to the erec tion of the necessary buildings ; to woich sum can be added, if deemed advisable, the amount that may be realized from the sale of the ar senals at Meadville and llarrisburg, as recom mended in my last aunuul message. These sums would be amply sufficient to accomplish this object. I would, therefore, again recommend the im mediate passage of a bill accepting the con veyance of the said lot of ground from the ci ty of Philadelphia, for the purposes and upon the terms and conditions contaiucd in the ordi nance ; and that the sum of $30,000 00 be appropriated for the erection of a State arse nal thereon. On the 6th day of October, 1855, I approv ed and signed a bill, entitled " An Act to re peal the charter of the Erie and Northeast railroad company, and to provide for the dis posal of the same." In pursuance of its pro visions, Hon. Joseph Casey was appointed to take possession and have the charge and cus tody of the road. Before possession was ta ken, application was made by the company, to one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pa., for an injunction to restrain the agent of the State from taking possession ; and subsequent ly a cautionary order was made by the Su preme Court, in banc, to stay proceedings un der the act. The questions then pending be fore that court were determined in favor of the Commonwealth—the constitutionality of the act sustained, and ttie application for an injunction refused. Possession of the road was then taken by the agent of the State, as di rected by law. On the twenty-second day of April, 1850, an act, entitled " An Act supplementary to the act incorporating the Erie and North East railroad company " was passed. By this act the Eric and North East railroad, as original ly located and constructed, was legalized and confirmed ; and certain changes in the road were directed to be made, and other acts to be done by the company. It was also provid ed " that the Governor shall retain possession of the Erie and North East railroad, under the act of the sixth of October, 1855, until the provisions of this act shall have been accept ed by a vote of the stockholders of the Erie and North East railroad company, at a meet ing called for that purpose." On the fifteenth day of May, 1856, at a meeting of the stock holders called for that purpose, the provisions of tiie act were accepted by their vote. This acceptance, duly certified, was received anil filed in this Department on the fifteenth day of July last. Possession of the road has been restored, and it is now under the care and management of the company. A final account for money received from the road, whilst in possession of the State, will be settled with the company at the earliest practicable period. It is but proi>er to state that since the ac ceptance of the act of the 22d of April, 1856, a writ of error, in the cases adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, has been is sued at the suit, of the company by the Supreme Court of the United States, and is now pend ing in that court. The commissioner first ap|H)inted having re signed, A. K. M'Clure, Esq., was appointed in his place. The duties of both officers were ably and faithfully performed. Copies of their correspondence and reports, herewith submit ted to the House of Representatives, for the use of the Legislature, will furnish information in detail on the subject now under considera tion. It is sincerely desired that good faith and honesty of purpose may characterize the conduct of this company in the discharge of the duties assumed by their acceptance of the act of 22d of April last, and that this much vexed question will not again disturb the har mony or retard the prosperity of the citj of Erie, or any other portion of this Common wealth. The resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, have been published as directed by that instrument. It will be your duty to take such action in refer ence to these amendments as will, in your judg ment, be most consistent with the wishes of the people. An appropriation will be requir ed to pay the excuses of their publication, and to this your earliest attention is requested. The important duty of districting the Stute for the election of Senators and Representa tives, will devolve upon you. This duty should be informed faithfully, and with strict refer ence to the interests and rights of the whole people. Returns of taxables, required to be made by the differeut counties, have not all been forwarded to this Department, ns by law directed. Circulars have been issued to the officers charged with these duties, urging their speedy performance, and the returns will, as soon ns received, be transmitted to you. The elective franchise is the highest and most responsible privilege enjoyed by the Amer ican citizen. Involving iu its exercise the so vereignty of the people, and constituting as it does the substratum of our free institutions, it cannot be too highly appreciated or carefully guarded. The ballot-box, through which the people speak their will, should be preserved from violation at every hazard and sacrifice. Upon its purity and integrity depend the exis tence of our republican government, and the rights and privileges of the citizen Every le gal voter, whatever may be his political affini ties or party predilections, is deeply interested in this question. Any attempt to sully its pu rity, or impair its efficiency, whether by vio lence or fraud, should be sternly resisted and severely punished. Illegal voting, whether founded on forgery or perjury, or both ; on false assessments, or false and forged certifi cates of naturalization, is an evil that deserves the severest condemnation. It prevents an honest expression of the popular will, corrupts the sources of legitimate power and influence, and strikes a fatal blow at the cherished rights of freemen. These evils are alleged to exist in our large cities—the rural districts of the State are comparatively free from such cor rupting abuses. A remedy, coextensive with the evil, should be provided. Every defence should be thrown around the ballot-box, and whilst the rights of legal voters should be se cured and protected, fraud in every form should be prevented and punished. Whether a ju dicious registry law, or some other measure of reform, adequate to the necessities of the case, should be adopted, is referred to the wisdom of the Legislature. As appropriate to this subject, the reform of the naturalization laws—the prcveution, by the National Government, of the importation of foreign criminals and paupers, and a more careful, rigid and personal examination, by our courts, of all persons coming before them as applicants for admission to the rights of citi zenship, would,-to some extent, correct exist ing abuses, and relieve the ballot-box from the pressure of corrupting and dangerous influences. To the policy and acts of the National Go vernment, affecting, as they do, the rights and interests of the Commonwealth, the people of the State cannot be indifferent, Pennsylva nia, occupying a bigh and conservative posi tion in the sisterhood of States—devoted to the Constitution and the Union, in their integ rity and harmony, has been, and will ever be, as ready to recognize the rights of her sister States as to defend her own. These sentiments she has never abandoned—these principles she has never violated. Pledged to the rnaintai nance of the rights of the north, as well as those of the south—sincerely desirous to pro mote the peace, harmony and welfare of our whole country —and disclaiming all intention or desire to interfere with the Constitutional rights of the States, or their domestic institu tions—the people of this Commonwealth view ed with alarm ami apprehension the repeal of the Missouri Compromise—a compromise ren dered sacred in public esteem by its association and connection with the great cause of nation al harmony and union—regarding it as a pal pable violation of the plighted faith and ho nor of the nation, and as an unwarrantable at tempt to extend the institution of domestic sla very to territories then free. This reckless and indefensible act of our National Congress, has not only aroused sectional jealousies and renew ed the agitation of vexed and distracting ques tions, but, as a consequence, it has filled Kan sas with fraud, violence anil strife—has stain ed its soil with blood, and by a system of ter ritorial legislation, justly styled " infamous," has made freedom of speech and of the press, a felony, and periled the great principles of liberty and equal rights. If the doctrine of " popular sovereignty " is in good faith to be applied to that Territory—if the people there of are to be left " perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to tbe Constitution of the United States," then the obstruction of the great National highways to the northern emi grant—the employment of the National forces, and the subversion of law and justice alike by the officials in Kansas and Washington, to force slavery upon an unwilling people, cannot be too severely condemned. Freedom is the great centre-truth of Ameri can Republicanism—the g eat law of Ameri can Nationality ; slavery is the exception. It is local and sectional ; and its extension be yond the jurisdiction creating it, or to the free territories of the Union, was never designed or contemplated by the patriot touuders of the Republic. 111 accordance with these sentiments, Pennsylvania, true to the principles of the act of 1780, which abolished slavery within her territorial limits—true to the great doctrines of the Ordinance of 1787, which dedicated to freedom the north-western territory of the Un ion—true to National faith and National ho nor, asks and expects, as due to her own citi zens who have, iu good faith, settled in the territory of Kansas, and as due to the industry and energy of a free people, that Kansas sho'd be free. In this connection, and as consequent upon the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, refer ence to a proposition made by some of the lead ing southern journals, and more recently sanc tioned by high official authority in a sister State, to re open the African slave trade, will not he deemed improper. That such a traffic, declared to be piracy, and execrated by the civilized world—so crowded with horrors in every stage of its pursuit—so revolting to eve ry sentiment of humanity—every impulse of pure and noble feeling, should be advocated or approved, in this nineteenth century, with apparent sincerity, and urged as a measure of political economy and of justice and equality to the southern States of the Union, are facts that find their only explanation and apology in a wild enthusiasm, or a still wilder fanaticism that overwhelms alike the reason and the con science. The wisdom and humanity of a pro position so startling and monstrous, must seek their parallel and illustration in the dungeons of the Inquisition, or in the hold of the slave ship, amid the horrors of the " piddle passage." Equally repulsive to the intelligent and virtu ous sentiment of the south as well as the north it should receive the indignant rebuke of eve ry lover of his couutry—of every friend of jus tice and humanity. The history of the world and of crime does not reveal a traffic more in human—an attrocitv more horrible. Against n proposition so abhorrent, and against the principles it involves, as the representatives of a free )>eople, and in their name you should en ter their unanimous and emphatic protest. The union <>f the States, which constitutes us one people, should be dear to you—to eve ry American citizen. In the heat and excite ment of political contests —in the whirl of sec tional and conflicting interests—amid the surg ing of human passions, harsh and discordant voices may l>e heard, threatening its integrity and denouncing its doom ; but in the calm, " sober, second thought " of a patriotic und virtuous people, will be found its security and defence. Founded in wisdom, and eherishad by the intense affection of pure and devoted patriotism, it will stand, safe and undisturbed, amid the insane rage of political deinagogism, and the fitful howling of frantic fanaticism ; and when it falls—if fall it must—it will be when liberty ahd truth, patriotism and virtue, have perished. Pennsylvania tolerates no sen timent of disunion—she knows not the word. Disunion ! " 'tis an after-thought—a monstrous wish—unborn till virtue dies." The Union and the Constitution—'the safe guard and bond of American Nationality—will be revered and defended by every American Freeman who cherishes the principles and honors the memo ry of the illustrious founders of the Republic. Recognizing our responsibility to Him who controls the destinies of nations and of men ; and invoking his blessing on your deliberations may order and harmony characterize your ses sions, ami with single reference to the public good, may your legislative action, in its char acter and results, promote the happiness and welfare of the people, and the houor and pros perity of the Commonwealth. JAMES POLLOCK. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ) Harrisburg, January 7, 1857, j iUporttr. E. C. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : £l)iret>cin Rlornmn, Jaimarn 13. 1837. TKHWS— One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four weeks jirevious to the expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the pajter will in all cases be stopped. CLUBBING— The Rrporler will be sent to Club* at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 copies for 4.7 00 | 1.7 copies for sl2 00 10 copies for 8 00 | 20 copies for 15 00 ADVERTISEMENTS— For a square of ten lines or less. One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-WORK— Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills. Ball tickets, 4"C MONET may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope. and properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. We publish this week the annual raes of Gov. POLLOCK, to the exclusion of a variety of other matter. It contains a general review of the condition of the State and all subjects retiring the attention of the Legislature. The financial affairs of the State present a very gratifying account. The message may be pe rused with interest by every one. ■PENNSYI.VA.MA LEGISLATURE. —No business of importance has been transacted in the Le gislature, and none will be until the absorbing Senatorial question has been disposed of. JOHN W. FORNEY received the caucus nomi nation for U. S. Senator, and the election was to have taken place on Tuesday last. But our advices state thut it is probable that the elec tion will be postponed. Fight democratic mem bers, the friends of Gen. FOSTER, refused to participate in the caucus, when it was ascer tained that FORNEY would be the nominee.— The bolt of these members will have a tenden cy to delay the election of Senator, unless the mutter is reconciled satisfactorily to those con cerned. It is said, upou reliable authority, that Mr. BUCHANAN wrote a letter to Col. MOTT, urgiug the election of Col. FORNEY, which was used with powerful effect. CONGRESS. —Nothing of importance has tran spired in Washington since our last issue. On Monday last Mr. GROW presented n petition signed by fifteen hundred citizens of Kansas against the right of Mr. Whitfield to sit as a Delegate from that Territory, which was re ferred to the Committee on Elections. DR. GLEASON SHOT.— ADr G I.F.ASON, who lectured in this place about a year and a half since, and sojourned for a time in Ehuira, was shot by bis own wife somewhere in the interior of Teunessce a few weeks ago. It appears that the Doctor had abandoned bis wife, and was living an illicit life with another woman. His wife became enraged at bis eouduet, and proceeded, with a revolver, to his residence, where, finding the guilty couple in bed, she shot the reereaut husband. He expired in stantaneously. tetf* A new Counterfeit s."> bill, on the York County llank of this State, was shown at the counter of the Ledger office on Monday. We presume it is the same of which Van Court's Director gives the following description : " Letter A. and number 997. Vignette, two men, two horses, and a plough, Ac. It is a poor affair, very coarse, aud has the appear ance of a poor wood engraving. It is said, however, to look tolerably well at uight, and may then be tukeu by those who are off their guard. On the left lower corner is the figure of a woman, in a circle, intended to have a head with a bonnet on it ; but it requires a pretty lively imagination to discover either the head or the bonnet." I©- The WOODWORTH PATENT for lumber planing, which has been so long a subject of litigation, and which was once extended by Congress, expired on the 2(th ult., and we have no information that it has received any further attention from the National legislature. It is, therefore, public property, and may be regarded as a very pretty Christmas present for house carpenters. te*f Hon. Chari.es Sinner lias been re turned to the U. S. Senate from Massachusetts for six years from the ttii of March next. ZACHARIAH CHANDLER has L>een chosen by the Republicans of the Michigan Legisla ture to replace Gen. CASS in the U. S. Senate Mr. C. is a leading and popular merchant of Detroit, and at the same time, an energetic and zealous politician. BEAUTIFULLY SAID.— Mr. Crittenden. i n his speech in the Senate, delivered on the occasion of the death of Mr. Clayton, indulged in the following beautiful remarks : " It must lie pleasing to as nil to learn fro m the honorable Senator from Delaware (M r Bayard), that Mr. Clayton died a Christian So he should have died. Such a death "ives to humanity its proper dignity. Full of" this world's honor he died full of the more precious hojK's that lie beyond the grave. Of hiiu who so dies we may well exclaim, O death ! where is thy sting ? O grave ! where is thy vic tory ?" Arrival and Departure of Mails. ! WAVERLY— Arrives daily, except Sunday at in r> x , Departs do , * *• j TUNK'X'K— Arrives daily, except Sunday, at J ) Departs do * \p JJ i TROY—Arrives daily, except Sunday, at 7 p. y. Departs do 7 \ y I SHESHEQttt.Y—Arrives Tuesday. Thursday and Sm,, day, at BP. M. Departs, same days, at 6A. \J " ; CANTON-Arrives Monday. Wednesday and Fridsv BP. M. Departs Tuesday, Thursday and Suturiav at 6 A. M. •' MOXTR*SE—Arrires Monday. Wednc-rlav arol Fri.Uv a , l ~ V *\ Imparts Tuesday. Thursday and Sat.m day, at < A. M. I LA PORTE—Arrives Monday. Wednesday and Friday it 2P. M. Departs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 12 M. ! WELLBBITRG—Arrives Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 4P. M. Departs Monday, Wednesday and Fri day at 6 A. M. , EATON—Arrives Wednesday and Saturday, at 0 p Departs Tuesday and Friday, at .7 V M 1 The morning mails clone at 8 oVlock'./f theeTciiiiignrc. vious : the afternoon mails close at 114 A. M. July 21, LIE. H. U, PORTER, p. M. Towanda Market - Wholesale Prices. | [Corrected weekly by E.T. FOX, Dealer in Provisions and Groceries, No. 1, Brick Row.] ' Flour, (retail price,) l>hbl $s no ft 50 : Pork, do '• 24 fW Wheat yi bushel 1 37ifa 1 50 t Buckwheat " .... 44*44 __ ! Oats, " 35 (ft, Corn " .76 Q ! Rye " ... c: ft ] Potatoes, " 3) 1^ j Beans " 1 .70 Dried Apples " 1 00 @ I Butter f' R' . 17(74 JO | Cheese, " .... ft in Mains and Shoulders " x r,( pjl I Dried Peaches, •• VI (ft 16 j Dried Berries, " 12 (ft 1< | Eggs, Vdozen. .. 10 64 NOTICE.—By Divine permission, the Rev T&JS? JAMKS M'WILLTAM. A. M.. of the Susquehanna | Colleginte Institute will preach in the Weslrvan Metho | dist Church. St..te street, next Sabbath evening, lsth in stant ,at 4 past 0 o'clock- After the serin in. a coUertin i will be taken up to purchase a Library of Bonk- for the ; Wesleyan Sabbath School. The citizens geneaallv are in j vited to attend. j' " NDTlCß.—Notice i> hereby given, that the ftSr Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance will ' hold their quarterly session at Monroeton. on Wednevbv and Thursday, the 2sth and 2oth of January. The Rep | rescntatives are requested to he punctual 111 the atten ; dance. There will also be public meetings in the even | ings of those days at the same place : and also at the fol i lowing places: Burlington, the 30th : Granville. 31st: j East Troy. Feb. Ist. The citizens generally are invited It > attend. The meetings will be addressed by th brand I <)dicers. By order of Division, ; Jan.B, 18,77. 1.. L. TERWILLIGEU. R. S Byf DONATION PARTY .—A Donation party will flUfef be held at the house of Sim n Stevens, in Staml j ing Stone, on Thursday January I.7th, K77. afternoon and I evening, tor the benefit of Rev. K. I'ARPENTKK. A gcni-R --| al invitation to attend is given. Ncm 'Ailucrtiscmans. IMPORTANT NOTICE. THE subscriber hereby gives notice to those ( indebted, that all notes, judgments and account- "t | more than six months standing, mu-t Is- paid immediateiy. j He earnestly hopes that all who know themselves in j deL'ted will promptly attend to this call, a- it is a matter 1 of necessity that all debts due him should I* collected. Towanda. Jan. 7, 1857. J. 1). HUMPHREY. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Notice ! 41. is hereby given, that al! persons indebted to the es tate of GEORGE HAWKINS, dee d, late of Armenia twp, are hereby requested to make payment without de lay; and all persons having claims against said estate will please prcs&nt them dulv authenticated for settlement. RILEY H AWKINS. Jan. 8 18.77. Administrator. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Notice ■A*, is hereby given, that all persons indebted to the es tate of SIMON JOHNSON.dee'd. late of Coluinhu tp. are hereby requested to make paymAt withoflt . be shown to the contrary. ... r ,. January 1,1857. ALLEN M KHAN- ' THE THIRD AXNTAL MUSICAL CONVENTION OF THE w BRADFORD CO. MUSIC ASSOCIATION, WILL be held at TOWANPA. comment ! V? in K TI KSIU V,JANUARY 27 ] THREE DAYS, and to dose with a COM KKT.. | it is expected a new Oratorio will lie perturmeil. Tlie whole to lie under the direction of Mr. GEORGE F. ROOT of -V Y. j The sessions of the Convention will tie dcy't< j structions, with Lectures and l'nietical h.Ti*rn-(s various branches of Vocal Music, by Mr. Koi'T " The Shawm,'* and the " New York Phono' a ' . Rook,"' with selections from other work*. wiM ' Singers having the hlmivc named book* will .i, f Every effort will he made to render this 4 j. Convention of great henefit and pleasure t tend. Arrangements will fie made to |irviui from a distance with comfortableacci>inMiidJti"ns. | sonahle rates. „ 00. *4" Admission to the whole course— t.entleai Ladies, 00 cents. COMMITTEE OK AKKAVC.KMKNt: , s JOHN C.. TOWN Kit. wlll ,aM „ .rT ' C. E. OLADIUNO. | Dr. D- s - ! RV} • C. H. CORI'RN, President. W. C. RObAKi. Tewanda, January i. 1857. IVTOTICE. —Notice is hereby given. -i-x annual meeting of the stockholders oj 1 •' y a j LAY RAIL ROAD A COAL CO.MPAM the officeof the said Company,in the*it\ on Monday, January I*2, 1*37. at 12 o nl " v %u \tnl time and place an KLKITIOX will he lieldt'Ta, i * fULTIVATOR TEETH AXD CO.f SMELLERS for sale by "• Mr ' tMtOCERIES— Call and see our' iff Crushed, Coffee and Pulverized Sugars . ~r i l "' Hyson A lllack Teas warranted a *"IJT r '' ,r i;l Hi'iiiev refunded for >;d< rhe.ip by